it is often made use ®£t oTft© )temartod, ; testepremiers the air
beneath its-ahade s® unwholesome; -that i t ii a; general order
with the; troops; srever 'to allow horses to be picketed there.
This-: noWe< tr6© ekpandsi.its branches S© fwidely;,- that assPTnhljpR
for*^xeiigiousi - and;-other i purposes v have been -held ■ ntidecCiR
shade, seeuretfrom theinftuenee of the ;su&. -Qheflruit .:is > ex-
tremely refreshing; aiid very efficacious. in, fevers and dysenteries.
f tfTke'j&tete» is a small tree with teaod mfi a soffenktutte?
T te '-ieavesi iareveryt broad, long, and gFten.'As-soon IteHlife
trCe-'isas bonie fruity -the trank dies, and a-’ new one springs,
up tbiaugh it ifedm; the roafe^ The fruit .grows/;at the- t#pv'f'o£
thte tree in Itoncltes; xesetefrltog to shape our bogs*'' puddings»,
from six -te tWtelve inches long; and from ten to.,twenty in a
bunch. I t is covered, with a coat of a lemon colour, whictl
is easily peeled off ; the inside when ripe is Of a whit©-or
yellowish* colour; I t has a pleasant fiavoteE^'and ito^<patoai|&
eaten fef ' it has b een , found to injure the -sibtoijiftohfe hWheiir
Med' ft 'Is? delicious, to appeafance like fritters, landr in -taste
resembling pancakes. The size of this fruit varies as well asicits.
eOloter, wb$dh is sometimes a : beautiful Vermillion*
{jieyloft- /produces two species of./ the bread-fruit, rfaree'i One
^geiesi'.d Ihe* jaclta, or jack-fruit, grows upon a tree Of a-very
large rite, which spreads out its branches* around like our dhesnut.
T h is: Sr'tiit fe of a - very estraordiimry . appearance, growing to
{he thickness o f-am a te s waist. I t does bof, like csther fruits,
spring from, the branches, bu t issues from the body of the
tree itself, or immediately from the root; th e latter is*i-preferred
. I Nothing can exceed the grotesque appearance of the
body of the tedejwfeen it is stuck all over with these -im-
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mense protuberances, hanging from short-. &talk&„| wbicfe though
exceedingly!’ tough' yawk strong, *;,af e, -hi^peiatlpiniaablfi,, t^ tsu p f
port theihumwieldy, fytfrd©1#; the |r!uit iMkhexeieEb *often>,obliged
‘fen ^ lJto lto g .fh ^ f^E ^ ^ p g ' placed in baskets
ofi'cane or cb^oa,-tj5^fe.?.^av4§>s; w.hicl^is fixed jjgjJ the treqs,, and
remain, there MilUteb;© fruit fra ripteifrif- jpuJHng.«..
THe external tb a te f^ th e . fruit f e ^ tr em d ^ to e k n a n d , hard!
b f ' a gfeen colour, and.dull fc£q pickles.* rJChd ,< i»sjde' of this
fefek'fe capered with.rj»-ac&y- white; glutinous substance, whtofe
whan touched, s i ^ |^ |g e |s f like
cu t; .fe/dfetils .a.milky,;..rdpy k » d fn f i,% am ^ ^ ^ f^ a ta b l^ ^ h lp
fei small',.when, compared tostfeheisize,jfeft.«fhe^ f |u»i|y^lnjfej fr,tfe
fcovWedfy'with the outer .coat, - I t .is. divided.; -totofodiffete^iqqnfe-
p.attm^fitsy-f.-esph containing, a kerb©! -onut^q,' of a
Chesnbt,, but idongeiji r When roasted p r b o ild d ^ ^ t e : kernels
to-teste very much resemble a potato©.. >T%t§jSuJp i^iRofcrveiiy
agre.eabie’ to^ tfoe palate <©f an European, halving/: a §£gopgu smell
te te p ^ iim The 'o n ^ wayi-v^q ipoRldi j b p i ^ l ^ r
to eat was hy.ifirst .Soaking i t hi a glass of salt and
. ^ j ^ n ,ig^1(^>3sfetives.; seat it-with much relish; and whqti • *th,ey
^A7®pon* a.- journey;- th ey generally travel p^th,©
kernelss roasteds ;
AnotlfeR-fepecies wlicbt.fe usuallyhcalled -4hA^Mma^kmk[ t$ee,
(in ; the appearance o£ ’the fruit, fe quite.-jsimilariajsp,. the
only that it is-muohdsmalle^s TheJ leaves pf’. t h f e ; t £ a ^ J |i r g e T
kdiNl^' a dark greea^eblour. . The hmit tistj.dressed. to a? variete
,of- different ways, and no; less tiaan 'fiAeqni diff^i?eni^fehesf:ate
prepardd^ftom it. W h a ^ sliced an d roasted,, it gjfe> qatenf to
place of bread; and % often scraped; info .flour,bv..tho tiar.jvmy
and then baked-into calte|;4 ^Bhose ijfrbits .ateetofatoableiipte^ ■
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